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CVE-2018-5170

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Date: June 11, 2018

It is possible to spoof the filename of an attachment and display an arbitrary attachment name. This could lead to a user opening a remote attachment which is a different file type than expected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

Language: Unix

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Related Resources (14)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411732
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-5170
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5170
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5170
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5170
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-5170

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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